Adams 12 Standard: 1 & 2: Work together to produce original works or solve problems
NETS-S Standard 1. Creativity and Innovation Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
NETS-S Standard 2: Communication and Collaboration Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
LESSON Grade: 1st grade
Subject Area:Social Studies Content Standard:2 &3 Lesson Title:Great Leaders - Sue B. Anthony and Abraham Lincoln Time needed: 3 days per leader
Short description of the lesson: . Using a graphic organizer, 1st graders will identify key words contained on a page, while the teacher/librarian uses the document camera to share content. In a group of four, 1st graders will use key words to construct a sentence about a great leader. Day One:Discuss vocabulary (impact). Classroom teacher and teacher/librarian share a personal story concerning an impact that was made on their life by another individual. It is crucial that students understand "impact".
Using the text, Abraham Lincoln by David Adler and a document camera, read the first two pages and and ask the children to work in group to select which words from the content should be written on the graphic organizer.
Model how to write the words onto the graphic organizer and explain the importance of spelling and to copy the word carefully.
Continue reading the content needed for "impact" (slavery was ended)
Day Two Use words to write two sentences. Have children share and critic sentences.
Day Three Final Copy for this leader.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
What hardware and software is needed?
Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Kindergarten
Hurt Books-a picture is worth a thousand words
Gather discard books that show different types of damage that can occur
Worn pages from turning incorrectly, wet books pages stuck together, books chewed by pets, broken spines from pencils etc holding the page instead of bookmarks, turning over on table to keep your place also breaks the spine. Torn pages use magic mend NOT duct tape J You will have lots of examples in no time crayons, black marker scribbles etc.
Handout a book mark to each student-book care book mark from UPSTART is the one I use, they had a poster too as a visual talking point.
Monitor book return for proper care as an informal assessment
LESSON Grade1 Subject Area: Science Content Standard: Students will describes the life cycles of plants (i.e., sprouting, growing leaves, flowers, and seeds; eventually dying) NETS-S 1a: Students will apply existing knowledge to generate new products Lesson: Title Plants Time needed: 1-2 computer sessions plus frontloading in the classroom of the plant curriculum
Short description of the lesson: I. Students will make a picture of a plant on KidPix or Pixie and label the parts: seeds, stem, leaf, flower, roots
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
What hardware and software is needed? computer lab with KidPix or Pixie loaded Student example: (insert document or link) Possible Extension Example:
Extension: Above is an example of a Pixie "movie" about the Life Cycle of a Plant.
LESSON Grade: 1st grade Communities Subject Area: Social Studies Content Standard: Lesson Title: Visiting our Community Time needed: 2 days
Short description of the lesson: After studying about different communities, students will be assigned to visit and take a picture of themselves in a location in their own community. Parents send in the digital photo to the classroom teacher. Students write a 2-3 sentence description of their special place (i.e. Mamie Dowd Public Library). The final product will be a podcast for every student to participate by creating a voiceover on their own picture.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
Photo Story for Windows, iMovie, Voice Thread etc. What hardware and software is needed?
Microphone and Headphone recorders, digital cameras for student use, Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 2nd grade Insects Subject Area: Science and Language Arts Content Standard: Lesson Title: Concrete Insects Time needed: 2 days
Short description of the lesson:
Students will create a concrete poem based on research previously done in library. Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
Concrete Poetry: http://www.wild-about-woods.org.uk/elearning/concretepoetry/ What hardware and software is needed?
printer Student example: (insert document or link) LESSON Grade: 1st Grade Famous Americans Biographies Subject Area: Social Studies Content Standard: Lesson Title: Blabberize Me! Time needed: 2 days
Short description of the lesson: Using facts they learned in previously taught lessons, students "blabberize" a photo of their Famous American. (using Blabberize) Their Famous American must talk in 'first' person and share at least 5 facts about themselves.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
Blabberize What hardware and software is needed?
microphone headsets, color printer (to print the famous american photo and their 5 facts for a Bulletin Board or printed class book) Student example: (insert document or link) www.blabberize.com
LESSON Grade: K-1 Subject Area: Community Workers Content Standard: People Work in the Community Lesson Title: Who Works at our School?
Time needed:
Short description of the lesson: Students create a list of questions to use when interviewing school workers. In small groups, students interview workers in the school. Using a digital camera students take pictures of office area and staff member. Class creates a class book showing jobs of people in the school. Products can be made using PhotoStory or Prezi. Can also display info on charts displayed around the school.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts) http://photostory.com
What hardware and software is needed? Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 1st Grade Subject Area: Science Lesson Title: Colorado Rocks!Time needed: 3 daysShort description of the lesson: As a class, research a famous Colorado rock formation (ie, Mesa Verde, Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Rocky Mountains). Answer the essential questions: Where is it located? What type of rock is it made of? What is an interesting fact? Pull out keywords to answer questions on the graphic organizer. Use the key words to write sentences together. Create glog (as a class) including pictures of the rocks and paragraph describing the Rock formation. Each 1st grade class researched a different rock formation in Colorado and then the students accessed the glog to learn what the other classes researched.
Adams 12 Standard: 1 & 2: Work together to produce original works or solve problems
NETS-S Standard 1. Creativity and Innovation
Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
NETS-S Standard 2: Communication and Collaboration
Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.
LESSON Grade: 1st grade
Subject Area:Social Studies
Content Standard:2 &3
Lesson Title:Great Leaders - Sue B. Anthony and Abraham Lincoln
Time needed: 3 days per leader
Short description of the lesson: .
Using a graphic organizer, 1st graders will identify key words contained on a page, while the teacher/librarian uses the document camera to share content. In a group of four, 1st graders will use key words to construct a sentence about a great leader.
Day One:Discuss vocabulary (impact). Classroom teacher and teacher/librarian share a personal story concerning an impact that was made on their life by another individual. It is crucial that students understand "impact".
Using the text, Abraham Lincoln by David Adler and a document camera, read the first two pages and and ask the children to work in group to select which words from the content should be written on the graphic organizer.
Model how to write the words onto the graphic organizer and explain the importance of spelling and to copy the word carefully.
Continue reading the content needed for "impact" (slavery was ended)
Day Two Use words to write two sentences. Have children share and critic sentences.
Day Three Final Copy for this leader.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
What hardware and software is needed?
Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Kindergarten
Hurt Books-a picture is worth a thousand words
Gather discard books that show different types of damage that can occur
Worn pages from turning incorrectly, wet books pages stuck together, books chewed by pets, broken spines from pencils etc holding the page instead of bookmarks, turning over on table to keep your place also breaks the spine. Torn pages use magic mend NOT duct tape J You will have lots of examples in no time crayons, black marker scribbles etc.
Handout a book mark to each student-book care book mark from UPSTART is the one I use, they had a poster too as a visual talking point.
Monitor book return for proper care as an informal assessment
LESSON Grade1
Subject Area: Science
Content Standard: Students will describes the life cycles of plants (i.e., sprouting, growing leaves, flowers, and seeds; eventually dying)
NETS-S 1a: Students will apply existing knowledge to generate new products
Lesson: Title Plants
Time needed: 1-2 computer sessions plus frontloading in the classroom of the plant curriculum
Short description of the lesson:
I. Students will make a picture of a plant on KidPix or Pixie and label the parts: seeds, stem, leaf, flower, roots
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
What hardware and software is needed? computer lab with KidPix or Pixie loaded
Student example: (insert document or link)
Possible Extension Example:
Extension: Above is an example of a Pixie "movie" about the Life Cycle of a Plant.
LESSON Grade: 1st grade Communities
Subject Area: Social Studies
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Visiting our Community
Time needed: 2 days
Short description of the lesson: After studying about different communities, students will be assigned to visit and take a picture of themselves in a location in their own community. Parents send in the digital photo to the classroom teacher. Students write a 2-3 sentence description of their special place (i.e. Mamie Dowd Public Library). The final product will be a podcast for every student to participate by creating a voiceover on their own picture.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
Photo Story for Windows, iMovie, Voice Thread etc.
What hardware and software is needed?
Microphone and Headphone recorders, digital cameras for student use,
Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 2nd grade Insects
Subject Area: Science and Language Arts
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Concrete Insects
Time needed: 2 days
Short description of the lesson:
Students will create a concrete poem based on research previously done in library.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
Concrete Poetry: http://www.wild-about-woods.org.uk/elearning/concretepoetry/
What hardware and software is needed?
printer
Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 1st Grade Famous Americans Biographies
Subject Area: Social Studies
Content Standard:
Lesson Title: Blabberize Me!
Time needed: 2 days
Short description of the lesson: Using facts they learned in previously taught lessons, students "blabberize" a photo of their Famous American. (using Blabberize) Their Famous American must talk in 'first' person and share at least 5 facts about themselves.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
Blabberize
What hardware and software is needed?
microphone headsets, color printer (to print the famous american photo and their 5 facts for a Bulletin Board or printed class book)
Student example: (insert document or link) www.blabberize.com
LESSON Grade: K-1 Subject Area: Community Workers
Content Standard: People Work in the Community
Lesson Title: Who Works at our School?
Time needed:
Short description of the lesson: Students create a list of questions to use when interviewing school workers. In small groups, students interview workers in the school. Using a digital camera students take pictures of office area and staff member. Class creates a class book showing jobs of people in the school. Products can be made using PhotoStory or Prezi. Can also display info on charts displayed around the school.
Online application used & other possibilities (include notes like: use the “edu version”, you can create your students’ accounts)
http://photostory.com
http://prezi.com
What hardware and software is needed? Student example: (insert document or link)
LESSON Grade: 1st Grade Subject Area: Science Lesson Title: Colorado Rocks!Time needed: 3 daysShort description of the lesson: As a class, research a famous Colorado rock formation (ie, Mesa Verde, Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Rocky Mountains). Answer the essential questions: Where is it located? What type of rock is it made of? What is an interesting fact? Pull out keywords to answer questions on the graphic organizer. Use the key words to write sentences together. Create glog (as a class) including pictures of the rocks and paragraph describing the Rock formation. Each 1st grade class researched a different rock formation in Colorado and then the students accessed the glog to learn what the other classes researched.
Online application used & other possibilities
Glogster
http://hstephens.edu.glogster.com/colorado-rocks/
What hardware and software is needed?
Projector cart, World Book Kids
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